Brookswood, Langley

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Brookswood Village
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of British Columbia.svg  British Columbia
Region Lower Mainland
Regional district Metro Vancouver
District Municipality Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
Population
  Total13,336
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)

Brookswood is a community (pop. approx. 13,200 [1] ) in the Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of that municipality to the south of the Nicomekl River. [2] It is largely a residential area with several commercial areas, a Recreation Centre with a hockey area and curling rink.

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Next to the Recreation Centre is a BMX track originally built in 1977 and a skate park in 2001. The Brookswood disc golf course at Langley Passive Park is popular with disc golf enthusiasts.

Education in Brookswood

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